On the eve of the opening of the Hunting Season, hunters and environmentalists took to the streets in Brescia; on the road to Valtrompia about 1500 demonstrating hunters.
Yesterday, September 15, on the eve of the general opening of the hunting season, at least 1500 hunters and supporters of hunting took to the streets in Brescia to demonstrate in support of the hunting activity and the economic and employment benefits that it contributes to the economy of the Brescia area. The hunters invaded the provincial road 345 for Valtrompia, gathering around 15 pm at the Sarezzo crossroads as set by the organizing hunting associations.
More than a procession, it was a garrison of the stretch of the provincial road between Sarezzo and Villa Carcina to basically remember that hunting is not just tradition and passion, but an important source of economic benefits with an induced capable of guaranteeing work and support to thousands of families; in Brescia alone there are about 15 thousand families who live in the hunting sector. It was also recalled that in Italy there are approximately 94 thousand employees in the sector capable of invoicing 8 billion euros, approximately 0,54% of GDP; ).
The demonstrating hunters exposed to the local authorities present, all the mayors of the valley and the President of the mountain community, Bruno Bettinsoli, their complaints including "the absence of policy on the matter, despite the money that each hunter regularly pays to the Province for the license ". Bettinsoli himself wanted to confirm to hunters the interest of local administrations for hunting.
Among the organizers, the Lombard Hunters Association, which confirmed its intention to continue its work by resisting "the continuous and spurious attacks on the Brescia hunting tradition, and the intention to safeguard the arms sector which in the province of Brescia constitutes a source of livelihood for thousands of families".
Also present was the provincial coordinator of the PDL, Alessandro Mattinzoli, who, commenting on the anti-hunt extremism attitude of the former minister Brambilla, specified, “I want to emphasize that Brambilla's position is totally personal; we respect it, but it does not represent the party line in any way: I believe that the whole hunting world is mobilizing in search of balance and dialogue, because we cannot ignore a national tradition. Even the exceptions and protections should be the result of comparison to ensure a form of coexistence between the parties ".
Finally, the councilor of Villa Carcina with responsibility for hunting, Stefano Colosio, greeted the dissolution of the event with his message to the hunters: "I thank you for the order maintained during the event and I apologize to all citizens for having created many inconveniences to circulation. We are happy not to have been challenged, a sign that the population has understood our reasons, for the good of a land that lives a tradition and that understands the importance of the sector for local companies ”.
La Brambilla replied to the hunters' attack by reaffirming its anti-hunt position and expressing full solidarity with the demonstration of the animal rights associations opposed to hunting that took place in the streets of Brescia on the same afternoon yesterday.
The animal rights demonstration, organized by the LAC, Lega Abolizione Caccia, took place in via Milano, in front of the provincial headquarters "to defend millions of animals slaughtered every year to satisfy the sadism inherent in the human soul"; about five hundred anti-hunting protesters of all ages who gave life to the usual variety made of symbolic cages, banners and flyers with slogans against hunting of all kinds as well as a "hunting monument" made of toilet paper and repeated sit-in facts . Obviously, the usual banquet for the collection of signatures for the abolition of hunting and in particular of live calls for hunting migratory fauna could not be missing.
From Lac they let it be known that they have specifically chosen the city of Brescia as a gathering for the event as "Brescia is the capital of the production of weapons, war weapons and small arms, Brescia is the place where the hunters' lobby is stronger, it succeeds to put pressure on politics, he succeeds in obtaining laws in his favor both in the provincial sphere and in the regional council ”.
16 September 2012
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